Habitat biodiversity as a determinant of fish community structure on coral reefs

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2285-2298

  Messmer, Vanessa ^a,b   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a   Munday, Philip L ^a   Holbrook, Sally J ^c   Schmitt, Russell J ^c   Brooks, Andrew J ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Coral reefs; Diversity patterns; Great Barrier Reef Australia; Habitat loss; Habitat animal interactions; Kimbe Bay northern Papua New Guinea; Reef fish; Resources; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FIELDWORK; FISH; HABITAT LOSS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; FISH; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUEENSLAND;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; KIMBE BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUEENSLAND; WEST NEW BRITAIN;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84555188727     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0037.1     Document Type: Article

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